Seat



1,504,290 0. WALDRON SEAT Filed Jan. 15 1925 CHARLES U WALDRON INVENTOR.

H I S A TTORNEYS' CHARLES WALDRON, F ELYRIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE TROXEL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ELYRIA, OHIO, A CORPGRATION OF OHIO.

SEAT.

Application filed January 15, 1923'. Serial No. 612,661.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, CHARLES WALnRon, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Elyria, county of Lorain, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats, of which the following is a specification.

This'invention relates to improvements in seats, and more particularly to seats used in connection with bicycles, motor-cycles, or the like.

The principal object of my invention resides in the combination and relation of coil supporting springs and a truss memher, and the manner in which the springs and the truss member are secured to each other and to the seat frame.

Another object of my invention resides in the construction of a rigid seat frame which is formed to provide a simple and efficient retaining portion for the springs.

Another object of my invention resides in the manner in which the truss member is connected and secured to the seat frame.

These and other objects will be found in the drawings, and will be set forth in the following specification and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view looking at the bottom of the seat, showing the springs and truss member assembled together and secured to theseat frame;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing one of the springs connected to the seat frame taken on line BB of Fig. 1;

Fig. i is a fragmentary sectional view of the truss member connected to the seat frame taken on line AA of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a plan view showing a modified form of connection between one of the springs and one end of the truss member; and,

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the modified connection shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 represents a rigid seat frame which is preferably made of sheetmetal and pressed in the shape desired. In this embodiment, I have shown a seat frame of conventional design which has a downwardly bent flanged portion 11.

A pair of coiled supporting springs 12 extend from the bottom of the seat, at the rear thereof, and their ends 13 adjacent the seat are bent to extend under retaining bosses 13 which are formed in the seat frame. These bosses can be formed in different ways, but with the preferred sheet metal frame 1 form the bosses by providing parallel slits therein and pressing out the metal therebetween during the forming op eration. The bosses 13 extend from the bottom of the frame sufficiently to receive the end of the spring.

A boss 14 is formed, in a similar manner as the bosses 13, at the front end of the seat frame, and extends preferably transversely across a central portion thereof. A looped member 15 has rearwardly extending ends 16 and 17 which extend under the '3 boss 1 1, and the protruding portion of the end. 16 is bent down at 18 to engage the edge of the boss and prevent displacement when assembled. The ends of the springs and the end of the looped member bear against the under side of the frame adjacent the bosses.

. A truss rod extends through the loop por tion of the looped member 15 at 19 and is bent to provide two rearwardly extending, substantially parallel arms 20. These arms curve downwardly and their ends 21 are bent back substantially parallel. he ends 21 are bent sufficiently so that each will underlie a port-ion of one of the extended ends of the coil springs 12 substantially centrally thereof.

The ends 21 of the truss arms are crimped as at 22 and the extended ends of the coiled springs are bent to extend across the top of the truss arms and around under the crimped portion 22 thereof. It will thus be seen that the rear ends of the truss arms provide a solid support for the springs and that they are securely fastened together. A suitable conventional clamp can be secured to the truss arms in any well known manner to position the seat upon a bicycle or the like. 1

In Figs? 5 and 6, I have shown a modified embodiment of my invention and in this form the only difference from the structure previously described resides in the manner of supporting the extended end of the springs 12. The end of the arms 20 may be bent at a right angle such as shown at 23 if desired, but they are crimped and the ends of the springs are fastened thereabout as previously described.

Suitable upholstery is provided for the seat frame. PaddingQ is placed over the top of the frame,,and is covered by a top leather cover and a'bottom leather cover 26 which are sewed together around their edges. The bottom cover is cut in a similar manner as the seat frame to permit the the rear end thereofv and a looped member secured near the front end thereof; a pair of coiled springs extending from said frame, said springs having the inner ends thereof extending under the retaining bosses formed with said frame; and a bent truss rod extending through the looped member secured to said frame and having rearwardly extending arms provided with crimped ends bent to extend under said springs, each of said springs having the extended end bent around the criniped portion of the truss arm adjacent thereto.

2. In a seat, the combination of a metal seat frame provided with a retaining boss formed near the front end thereof; a looped member having the ends thereof, extending under and protruding from said boss formed in said frame, said looped member having the protruding end thereof adjacent said boss-bent up to prevent displacement when assembled with said'frame; a pair of coil 7 springs secured near the rear end of said frame; and a bent truss rod extending through the loop in said looped member and having rearwardly extending arms secured to the extended end of said springs.

3. 'ln'azseat, the combinationof' a metal frame having retaining bosses formed near the rear end thereof and a looped member secured near the front end thereof, a pair of coiled springs extending from said frame, each of said springs having an end extending under one of the retaining bosses and a truss rod extending through the looped member secured to the frame and having rearwardly extending arms provided with criinped ends passed between adjacent outer conv'olutions of the said coil springs, each of the coil springs being positioned on the frame and in connection with the criinped truss rod arm ends by the inherent resiliency of the stressed coil springs.

a. In a seat, the combination of a metal seat frame provided with a transversely extending retaining boss formed near the front end thereof, a looped metal strap element having its ends extending under and protruding forwardly from said boss, a pair of coiled springs secured near the rear end of said frame and depending therefrom and an approximately U-shaped truss rod having its mid portion extending through the loop in said strap member and having rearwardly extending arms secured to the extended end of said springs.

5. In a cycle saddle the combination with a seat,,a,substantially U-shaped trussed rod secured at its ends to rear seat portions, connecting means to connect the rod mid portion to the;forward end of the seat, said connecting .means comprising an element embracing saidv rod mid port-ion and a resilient springtongue insertable through an opening in the seat, and latch means for said connecting means for preventing removal of said element from the seat.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my namethis 12th day of January, 1923.

CHARLES VVALDRON. 

